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From: Christoph Haas <chris@acme1.ruhr.de>
Subject: Re: Getting rid of users.
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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 22:08:58 GMT
Clint Wolff <clint_w@colorado.cirrus.com> writes:
>
> erick@accessone.com wrote:
> >
> > What is the best way to delete everything about a user in FreeBSD. I'm new
> > to the system but know other versions of UNIX. Are there any neat utilities to
> > take care of this chore from the command line or X-Windows? Or is it time to
> > script it all again?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> A quick a dirty way is to nuke a user (say erick :) is:
>
> find / -user erick -exec rm {} \;
>
> and then use 'vipw' to delete the user from your passwd file.
And don't forget to remove him from /etc/group and kill all his
processes. And if the system is part of a NIS domain then remove him
from the apropriate files on the NIS server.
--
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this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is
somehow enobled and none dare criticize it.